MAGA coalition already splitting as 'preexisting tensions' burst into view: analysis
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MAGA coalition already splitting as 'preexisting tensions' burst into view: analysis

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An online clash broke out between some of Donald Trump's most fervent supporters over an immigrant program long used by Silicon Valley tech companies, and a pair of analysts explained how "preexisting tensions" could make the MAGA coalition untenable. Trump named Indian-born tech entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as his senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence, and far-right activist Laura Loomer complained that his support for removing some caps on visas for skilled foreign workers would be “in direct opposition” to the president-elect's agenda – but Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and other business allies defended H-1B visas as necessary. "But I would also point out that this larger conversation, as our other panelists have have pointed out already, but as this larger conversation comes to a head, it does highlight tensions, preexisting tensions that have come to the fore, but that were hidden for a long time as people rallied around Donald Trump to elect him to office," added Rigueur, an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. "We are going to see a lot of strange bedfellows, because what's happening is the MAGA coalition is built on a fault line of anxiety, and you've got cultural anxiety on one side and economic anxiety on the other side," said Simmons, who served two years ago as communications director for vice president Kamala Harris.

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